| Grrr... |
|
|
| 04:39pm 27/04/2005 |
| |
mood:  productive music: TV in the background
|
I just want my clothes to magically clean themselves....
And my books to magically pack themselves....
And all the other stuff that I've collected over the years to place itself in boxes...
And then said clothes and boxes to whisk themselves to Towson unaided...
So I can just sit here and be lazy and say that I'm done.
*sigh* |
|
| |
|
Read 1 - Post |
| |
| Birthday wishes.. |
|
|
| 12:23pm 23/04/2005 |
| |
Happy Birthday to the one, the only..... Aurora.
Enjoy your aging while I bask in the glorious youth I still possess.
Here's a quiz result I thought you'd find amusing...
You're the key to handcuffs. You set people free,
or maybe lock them up. You can be sought,
fought over, and valued. Be careful who you let
use you; you can be an instrument of justice or
injustice depending on your choice.
What sort of key are you and what do you unlock?
brought to you by Quizilla |
|
| |
|
Read 3 - Post |
| |
| I'm a dork... |
|
|
| 11:00am 04/04/2005 |
| |
mood:  dorky music: My Band Music playlist
|
"Band director Sally Wagner and choral director Barbara Baker have created a 750-student musical juggernaut with so many ensembles and bands that one can barely keep count." Washington Post Magazine - April 3, 2005
Wow... I was part of a juggernaut.... that makes me strangely content. |
|
| |
|
Read 3 - Post |
| |
| Camera phone... |
|
|
| 09:49pm 01/03/2005 |
| |
mood:  pleased music: Melissa Ferrick - "Drive"
|
So...since I don't know how to put a picture in my post I made the pic of my new tattoo into an icon. Enjoy! |
|
| |
|
Read 4 - Post |
| |
| I got myself a present.... |
|
|
| 12:48pm 28/02/2005 |
| |
mood:  content music: Anastacia - "Left Outside Alone"
|
So I thought about doing a really in depth post. Maybe actually updating anyone who actually reads this what's going on in my life. Then I realized I'm lazy. So yeah...work...school...king stuff...and the love of my life. That's pretty much my what I've been focusing on.
I feel I've been very responsible lately so I chose to get myself a present. I have new ink that's not done yet. Fortunately, the first part can stand alone so I'm loving it. Only thing that sucks is it's my left calf so when I walk it's a little interesting. Oh yeah and I drive a car with a manual transmission. I don't think I've ever treated the clutch so gently, I hope my car enjoys it.
It's snowing but I think I might get dressed to take the brother to work and then I'm going to get a new cell phone. Yay, for $150 rebates!
Alright.... I'm done. |
|
| |
|
Read 4 - Post |
| |
| Just because.... |
|
|
| 01:49pm 24/02/2005 |
| |
mood:  bored music: Weather station on tv
|
I'm bored and I'm waiting for my clothes to dry so I can go to work......
What if...
If you woke up and I was in bed with you, what would be your first thought?
(Now post this in your LJ and find out what mine would be) |
|
| |
|
Read 17 - Post |
| |
| Grrr.... |
|
|
| 05:29pm 20/01/2005 |
| |
mood:  indescribable music: Dad reading some silly flyer
|
I don't want to go to work....
Oh...and according to the quiz linked Katie I'm a Gender Freak. Good times.
Alright....shower then DC driving.
Fun. |
|
| |
|
Read 1 - Post |
| |
| Why oh why...... |
|
|
| 09:26pm 24/12/2004 |
| |
mood: bored music: Some stupid house mix
|
Why am I at work?
My manager has just finished wrapping his Christmas gifts in the back. We're short-staffed and hopefully it won't matter. Hopefully it will be mind-achingly slow and we'll get to close early. *crosses fingers, toes, and all other crossable parts*
I finished my x-mas shopping and have to wrap the gifts when I get home to put under the tree.
A brief summary about my previous post... it was going to be a long rant but I'm over it. I just feel that around the holidays people spend so much time trying to be the perfect, cookie-cutter family that the world presents on tv and in magazines. The time loses it's sentimental or religious value (or both) in a rush of decorating, cooking, cleaning etc. It's stressful as opposed to stress-free. No number of ornaments can make all the negativity of the other 364 days disappear but I feel there has to be a way to set them aside for a day of peace. I'm not sure how to do that but hopefully I'll figure it out in the year to come so I won't have these holiday blahs in the future.
I guess I should go back to pretending I'm doing my job. I'll try not to wear myself out watching the 4 people that are actually here. *sigh* |
|
| |
|
Read 2 - Post |
| |
| Holiday Cheer? |
|
|
| 07:20pm 22/12/2004 |
| |
mood:  cranky
|
SOmething about the holidays makes me feel empty. More on this later.... |
|
| |
|
Read 1 - Post |
| |
| Just because... |
|
|
| 11:39pm 13/12/2004 |
| |
mood: accomplished music: Letterman in the background
|
Finals are done... so I took a quiz...
|
|
| |
|
Post |
| |
| Thanksgiving and work... |
|
|
| 04:32am 26/11/2004 |
| |
|
mood: awake (suprisingly so) music: Sound of the shower running
|
So I'm just getting home from work (yes that's right... we were open...and there were actually enough people there to justify us being open... turkey-induced comas and all). My brother has to be at work in 45 minutes...so I figure I'll just stay up and take him in.
I also seem to have been drawn in by all the boys at work talking about shopping so I'll probably do some of that after I drop him off. I figure the stores are opening 15 minutes later...why not?
In other news...semester is starting to draw to a close and I'm trying to make up some of the work I always don't do when I hit my week 6-9 slump. I don't know why it keeps happening. I'm aware of the pattern and I try not to fall into again and again. Yet, every semester-- like clockwork-- I lose my steam. Oh well...we'll try to break the cycle this spring.
What else to say? As I was driving home from work I had this elaborate plan of commenting on all of my friends' journals. You know, inquire how people were, wish them a Happy Thanksgiving, let them know that I still think about them and livejournal stalk them like crazy even though I don't actually talk to them much. I might still do that however I still have a lot of circulars to go through before I take JJ to work. So that plan is on hold until a date in the near future.
For now, I hope everyone had a good holiday. Take advantage of the long weekend and enjoy yourselves, relax, take a break. If you are feeling adventurous or restless come on out to see me at work. Music abounds, cocktails aren't horribly overpriced, and depending on how busy we are I might even be able to dance for 30 seconds or so. We have 8 bars open tomorrow (Friday), a dance floor, a video bar, a video lounge, and karaoke hosted by Ms. Gladys Kravitz. Saturday is ladies night meaning $3 long islands, 5 bars open, house with a nice chunk of hip-hop/Top 40 around midnight, and once again my company.
Whether I see you this weekend or not, have a good one and don't O.D. on turkey. |
|
| |
|
Read 2 - Post |
| |
| Frightened.... |
|
|
| 05:49am 20/11/2004 |
| |
mood:  worried music: Ultimate Chopper infomercial
|
Guys... I'm worried.
Is it really possible that no one on my friend's list has posted in the past 18 hours?
Don't you all understand checking updates when I get home from work is part of my nightly routine?
*sigh* I guess I'll go read about my classes then go to sleep.
Thanks alot for making me be productive as opposed to procrastinate! :P |
|
| |
|
Read 3 - Post |
| |
| Brief update... |
|
|
| 12:04am 14/11/2004 |
| |
mood: anxious music: Some song spun by DJ Alexis
|
28 hours until I see Katie... thank God.
Ok... back to work. |
|
| |
|
Read 4 - Post |
| |
| On my way to bed... finally |
|
|
| 05:31am 25/09/2004 |
| |
mood:  exhausted
|
But, before I go....
A literary way to waste time.
ALA's list of The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000
Bold the ones you've read.
1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
2. Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
8. Forever by Judy Blume
9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
10. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
15. It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
16. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
19. Sex by Madonna
20. Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
27. The Witches by Roald Dahl
28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
29. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
30. The Goats by Brock Cole
31. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
32. Blubber by Judy Blume
33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
37. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
40. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
46. Deenie by Judy Blume
47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
55. Cujo by Stephen King
56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
61. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
62. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
65. Fade by Robert Cormier
66. Guess What? by Mem Fox
67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
71. Native Son by Richard Wright
72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
74. Jack by A.M. Homes
75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
77. Carrie by Stephen King
78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
87. Private Parts by Howard Stern
88. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis
94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
22 out of 100...hmmm |
|
| |
|
Post |
| |
| Mmm.... procrastination... |
|
|
| 05:55pm 24/09/2004 |
| |
mood:  tired music: Bitch - Meredith Brooks (in my head)
|
So I should be taking a nap..but no, I'm sitting on the work computer. I can't even do homework because the computer's so old and doesn't have the updated programs I need. So I thought I'd share my to do list.
Things I need to do by 7pm Saturday:- Re-mop back video bar
- Finish stocking upstairs
- Work tonight from 8pm until 4:30am
- Finish all my homework
- Communication - 10 free response questions
- Journalism - 2 news ledes w/ slug and byline
- Library Studies - Thesis evaluation
- Intro. to Law - Congressional Power and Constitution Analysis
- Legal Research - Supreme Court Opinion and State Court system
- Do laundry
- Go shopping
- Pack for Philly trip
That's not too bad, right? |
|
| |
|
Read 1 - Post |
| |
| Being slightly responsible... |
|
|
| 04:40pm 23/09/2004 |
| |
mood: bored
|
So I'm at work in the 4 hours of down-time I have between shifts. I've been up since 8 am and won't get to bed until at least 4am tomorrow. I haven't clocked from my first shift yet because I still have to take all the barmats back to their bars and move 10 trash cans upstairs. I can feel you all envying my job as I type this. I should do this right now but I just stopped being hot and sweaty and I'm not looking forward to it happening again. Why oh why must I work at a club with 2 floors? *sigh*
Anyway, I don't have much of any substance to post. I just wanted to share with the world my procrastination for today. Now...to check web comics. |
|
| |
|
Read 1 - Post |
| |
| If it doesn't hurt... you're not doing it right.... |
|
|
| 04:47am 19/09/2004 |
| |
mood:  sore music: The sound of my sleeping girlfriend....
|
DC Kings had a great show tonight at Apex and I have the scrapes and bruises on my knees to prove it. I'm not looking forward to washing off the duct tape residue either. Ah well. |
|
| |
|
Read 4 - Post |
| |
| It's that time again... |
|
|
| 04:02pm 31/08/2004 |
| |
mood:  contemplative music: Sound of my fan...gosh it's hot
|
So school is starting... hmm. Despite the fact that I'm really excited about finally getting into the subject matter I want to pursue it's still bittersweet.
First, I decided to do communications and poli sci 3+ years ago. That's right over 3 years have past and I'm just starting. It's been an eventful 3 years, don't get me wrong, and some things have happened that I wouldn't change for the world.
Second, this time always hits hard 'cause I imagine what's going on and what I'd be doing if I were in Pittsburgh. It's been over a year since I left, and almost 2 years since I actually took classes there and still the fact that I missed the activities fair bothers me. Pitt changed me a lot. By Pitt I mean all the people I met there, the connections I made, the friends, the family. Pitt itself only made me bitter about the state of higher education, and the constant uphill battle to "better oneself" by way of a stupid piece of paper.
Third, I find myself sitting here waiting for the other shoe to drop. Or maybe it's dropped already and I'm minimizing it. Now that it looks like my school life might settle down into what I want, my personal is becoming infinitely more difficult. Long distance relationships not easy but not impossible. And believe me...it's so worth it. This next year is going to be really hard though. Katie has class Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I work Thursday, Friday, Saturday. This leaves Sunday and Monday, maybe... depending on what her work hours are like. And maybe I'm just being pessimistic. I have no doubt that it will be fine because what is in my power to do I will do. And really, being apart for a year preceded us being an "us."
Fourth, my dad is still pushing me for a full time job. I understand his reasons I even know that they are valid. Yet I still have my reservations. I'm worried about dress for a regular 9-5 and the changes I'll have to make appearance-wise to fit into "appropriate" gender stereotypes in the business world. I don't want to lose the flexibility I have right now with my work schedule that allows me to travel to see my girlfriend. I also know that if I were to leave my job I'd leave my employer in a bind.
Fifth, everything I want to do takes money. I really wish I had more of it.
I find that I have no way to really conclude this post. I don't even think it's really done but I'm tired of typing. So yeah... I'm done thinking for now. |
|
| |
|
Read 2 - Post |
| |
| Guess what? |
|
|
| 07:14pm 14/08/2004 |
| |
mood: cranky music: *sound of head hitting wall*
|
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO WORK!!!!!
That is all. |
|
| |
|
Read 2 - Post |
| |
|
|
|
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
saxoholic's journal
amused